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February 3, 2018 No Responses

Kaduna records 17, 000 cases of acute malnutrition

The Kaduna State Primary Health Care Development Agency (SPHCDA) said on Friday that 17, 989 cases of severe acute malnutrition were recorded in the state in 2017. Hajiya Hauwa Usman, a Nutritionist with the Agency made the disclosure in Zaria...

February 2, 2018 No Responses

27 ships expected at Lagos Seaports

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says 27 ships are expected to arrive in Apapa and Tin Can Island Ports in Lagos from Feb. 2 to Feb. 24. NPA, in its daily publication, `Shipping Position’, issued on Friday in Lagos, said...

February 2, 2018 No Responses

World Federation of Exchanges to focus on SMEs, cyber security, regulatory coherence in 2018

The World Federation of Exchanges ( WFE) has agreed its 2018 business priorities will focus on areas including regulatory coherence; CCP recovery & resolution issues; cyber security; FinTech; and SMEs. These key business priorities are in addition t...

February 2, 2018 No Responses

Buhari nominates Edward Adamu as CBN Deputy Governor

President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Mr Edward Lametek Adamu to the Senate for confirmation as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, made this known...

February 2, 2018 No Responses

SIFAX Shipping Boss Urges Caution on Cargo Palletisation Implementation

Henry Ajoh, General Manager, SIFAX Shipping Company Limited, a subsidiary of SIFAX Group, has urged the Federal Government to reconsider its position on the implementation of the cargo palletisation policy. The policy, an initiative of the Presidential committ...

February 2, 2018 No Responses

Flour Mills Photo News

L – R: Tony Ibeziako, Ag. Head, Listings Business Division, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE); Oscar N. Onyema, OON, Chief Executive Officer, NSE; Mr. John Coumantaros, Chairman, Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc and Paul Gbededo, Group Managing Director, Flo...

February 1, 2018 No Responses

NNPC seeks PPP arrangement for pipelines

Dr Maikanti Baru, Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), on Wednesday said its subsidiary companies would partner with the private sector to build more pipelines across the country. Baru said this in Abuja in a statement by th...

February 1, 2018 No Responses

Africa Prudential Revamps Registrar Services

In line with its determination to dominate and redefine the landscape of registrar service delivery in the country, Africa Prudential Plc, has unveiled her new USSD code, *4018# tagged “Personal Registrar”. The USSD code, *4018#, which was unveiled in La...

February 1, 2018 No Responses

Egua Sets Up The Bridge, Quits Frontiersnews

The online media space is set to express a new vitality with the birth of The Bridge News, a news platform, with a robust slant on investigative journalism and real-time news delivery. The Bridge News is published by Mr. Horatius...

February 1, 2018 No Responses

Diamond Bank sets aside N433m for DiamondXtra season 10

Diamond Bank has set aside N433 million as the total prize money to be won in its Diamondxtra Season 10 reward scheme which kicked off on Wednesday in Nigeria. A statement from the Bank explained that Over 4,950 customers...

February 1, 2018 No Responses

USCG expresses satisfaction with ISPS code compliance level in Nigeria

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has expressed satisfaction at the compliance level of Nigeria with the International Ships and Ports Security (ISPS) facility Code at the nation’s ports. A delegation from the USCG led by Lt. Commander Jacob...

January 31, 2018 No Responses

N8b CBN currency scam case resumes as EFCC explains missing N900m

Mr Saliu Kadri, one of the EFCC investigators in the alleged N8 billon CBN currency scam case, on Tuesday said that the accused persons breached normal procedures at the Ibadan branch of the apex bank Testifying before Justice Joyce AbdulmaleeK of the F...

January 31, 2018 No Responses

NSE market capitalisation consolidates growth with N67billion

Activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Tuesday sustained bullish trend with market indicators growing further by 0.42 per cent. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that market capitalisation increased by N67 billion or 0.42 per cent...

January 31, 2018 No Responses

Oando: Minister, Gwarzo differ at public hearing over forensic audit

Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, on Tuesday insisted that suspension of Mr Munir Gwarzo, Director-General of Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), was valid. At an investigative hearing organised by House of Representatives Committee on Capital Market ...